Definition

Examples

• 我看到一只癞蛤蟆在池塘边。
  Wǒ kàndào yì zhī lài há ma zài chítáng biān.
  I saw a toad by the pond.
• 癞蛤蟆长得不好看，但吃害虫。
  lài há ma zhǎng de bù hǎokàn, dàn chī hàichóng.
  Toads look ugly, but they eat pests.
• 他真是癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉。
  Tā zhēn shì lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān'é ròu.
  He really is like a toad wanting to eat swan meat (i.e., biting off more than he can chew).